Best Public Schools in Oolitic, IN

Summary:

The city of Oolitic, Indiana has only one school, Dollens Elementary, which serves students from kindergarten through 8th grade. Dollens Elementary is part of the North Lawrence Community Schools district, which is ranked 172 out of 381 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Dollens Elementary has a chronic absenteeism rate of 19.7%, which is higher than the state average. The school's performance on ILEARN assessments is generally below the state and district averages in both English Language Arts and Math across all grade levels, with proficiency rates ranging from 27.03% to 42.11% in ELA and 30.56% to 47.06% in Math, compared to state averages of 38.6% to 41.8% in ELA and 38.1% to 52.4% in Math. Additionally, Dollens Elementary has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 60.34% for the 2022-2023 school year.

Despite the school's below-average academic performance, Dollens Elementary has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 10.2 to 1 and spends slightly more per student than the state average at $9,696 per student for the 2021-2022 school year. These factors suggest that the school may need to re-evaluate its resource allocation and implement targeted interventions to address the chronic absenteeism and low academic performance of its students.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				ILEARN English Language Arts (2024)					ILEARN Math (2024)					ILEARN Social Studies (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ILEARN English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 4th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 5th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 6th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 3rd Grade	ILEARN Math 4th Grade	ILEARN Math 5th Grade	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Social Studies 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Dollens Elementary	Public	K-8	903 Hoosier Ave	Oolitic	47451	Lawrence County	North Lawrence Com Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(812) 275-3885	237	23	10.2	60.3%	223 (94.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.8%)	43.6	588^th of 1010 public elementary schools	41.8%		48.2	557^th of 1016 public elementary schools	45.2%	31	27.0	29.7	29.4	42.1	32.6	32.4	30.6	47.1	44.7	37.5	41.2	$9,696	$1,332	$8,364

Cities Near Oolitic

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Bedford	2.03 mi	10	272^nd
Springville	5.46 mi	1
Bloomington	9.52 mi	27	145^th
Mitchell	10.97 mi	4	360^th
Bloomfield	14.6 mi	6	291^st

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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